CC+S Blog

The CC+S Blog shares research-backed commentary and updates from our work. Posts cover topics like school facilities and climate resilience, educator housing, youth-led planning initiatives, and equity in schools and neighborhoods.

    Using Our Voices: Young Girls in Architecture
    Shirl Buss
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    October 13, 2025

    21CSLA Leading for Justice Summit 2025: Y-PLAN Students as Co-Leaders
    Ruby Kosewicz-Strickland, Deborah McKoy
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    July 3, 2025

    A Decade+ of Resilience: The TOMODACHI SoftBank Summer Leadership Program at UC Berkeley
    Deborah L. McKoy, David Beiser
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    April 2, 2025

    Transforming loss into leadership: Empowering Japanese youth to rebuild after historic disaster
    Deborah L. McKoy
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    March 10, 2025

    Empowerment as Prevention: How Youth-Driven Initiatives Transform Frameworks for Change
    Deborah L. McKoy, Ruby Kosewicz-Strickland, and Pixie Popplewell
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    March 10, 2025

    Catalyzing Action Exchange Conference: Building an Equitable Educational System Centering Students Experiencing Homelessness
    Deborah L. McKoy
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    March 10, 2025

    CC+S Global Corner: Expanding the Y-PLAN Method in Japan
    Toshinori Ohashi
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    January 9, 2025

    April is Fair Housing Month!
    Camila, Keyri, Yasmin, Fiona, Jack, and Aleah
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    April 19, 2023

    Y-PLAN Scholars Turn Story into Policy
    Y-PLAN Team
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    January 18, 2023

    Student and Teacher Transformation Through Y-PLAN
    Young Whan Choi
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    September 28, 2022

    Sacramento Y-PLAN Regional Hub Update
    Y-PLAN Team
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    March 9, 2022

    Cal Poly Pomona builds upon Y-PLAN methods to bring planning and placemaking to Long Beach Teens
    Y-PLAN Team
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    March 5, 2022

    Y-PLAN San José Hub Partners with SJ Department of Transportation and Vision Zero for Safer Streets
    Professor Ellen Middaugh and Yasmeen Ramos, SJSU
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    March 3, 2022

    Engineering For Change (E4C) Design Year – New CC+S + CEE Collaboration
    Matt Gutierrez
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    March 2, 2022

    In Memoriam: Prescott Reavis
    Shirl Buss
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    February 28, 2022

    Tackling Unhoused Student Policy in Oakland and Beyond
    Y-PLAN Team
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    February 25, 2022

    Summer internships on Google’s ‘Downtown West’ plan activated the Y-PLAN San José Hub
    Y-PLAN Team
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    February 23, 2022

    Y-PLAN Connects: A New Digital Platform to Build Community in Place During the Global Pandemic
    Y-PLAN Team
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    February 22, 2022

    In Dark Times, Y-PLAN Elementary Students Expressed Hope for the City of San Rafael
    Shirl Buss
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    February 21, 2022

    Celebrating Our Book on Planning Just and Joyful Cities with Young People and Schools in 2022!
    Y-PLAN Team
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    February 18, 2022